Old Man and the Sea- Manolin

Manolin was a hard working young man, quite possibly the hardest I've ever known. He would get up extremely early every morning, go to bed every night after everyone else, work the hardest on the boat trying to make a living for his family, yet he never complained.

Manolin was a young boy who fished for a big boat down the dock. Although he wanted to fish with the old man, since he was his mentor and he learned everything from the old man, he couldn't because his parents wouldn't let him. They called him un-lucky and not a good fisherman. Even though he couldn't fish with the old man, he would spend every minute he could with Santiago. Every night the little boy would help Santiago get prepared for bed, then he would leave and go to bed for himself. In the mornings he would awake before Santiago and go wake him up. Then he would get the two of them coffee from the bar/cafe up the street. Before he ever went fishing he would walk the old man and his stuff out to the little skiff of Santiago's and watch him set sail. Then he went to his bosses boat and worked for the day doing the thing he loved most.

Working hard every day didn't bother Manolin because all he wanted was to learn something new from the old man. Manolin strives to be better at something everyday. He knows he wont be the best at fishing for a while and for sure not without practice. He knows the person to teach him is Santiago because Santiago is the best. He hopes that after many years of fishing with Santiago, he too could teach a kid to do the same, or at least thats what it looks like. Working this hard for something you love everyday is difficult, but I respect him for it. Shoot, I respect him for working so hard to put food on the table for him and his family. A guy that age usually doesn't want anything to do with work all he wants is to hang out with friends.

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner, 2003. Print